You Are Actually The Art

What happens when you courageously commit to finding your voice in art?

You start to see glimmers of the "you-est you" and it is LOVELY.

Powerful.

Energizing.

You can make decisions faster and irritating things don't irk you like they used to.

I'm sharing a recent chat I had with Canadian Artist Krystelle Celestino Wurtz who has been a longtime member of the Art to Heal a Heart Membership.

In this episode I'm chatting to fellow Aussie artist Carmel Jenkin. 

Carmel is based in Melbourne and we have known each other just through instagram DMs and comments over the last few years. It was wonderful to finally chat voice-to-voice.

If you pop through to Carmel’s website or Instagram (I’ve listed all the links below) you’ll see why I love her - her art richly expresses in lines and tones winding a unique poetry around the female form and as you’ll hear in the following story, this is her lifelong commitment and obsession.

“My work references various personal events and episodes that have shaped my own connection to my body – a journey of self-awareness that hasn't been an easy one. I am forever obsessed with the capacity of the human body to tell a story through line, shape, texture and shade.”

Carmel has been at this for most of her life, so I know you’ll get a lot out of hearing her seasoned artist wisdom, as did I.

We kind of just launched right in to our chat like excited long lost friends...

Listen to our conversation to hear about

• Carmel's experience in NFT Land (What is it and what do artists need to know?)
• Social media for artists.. Instagram frustration, should we really sign up to TikTok? and a bit about the new "old Insta" option Vero.
• how Carmel juggles life as a mother and professional artist working in her dining room at home.
• how Carmel became a professional artist before the Internet
• Carmel's best Instagram Reel and Engagement tips
• Learning to pivot to keep your art Happening

To view Carmel's art and keep in touch please click through the links:

Website

It was such a delight to catch up with fellow Aussie Artist Misha Harrison.. I hope you enjoy this chat as much as we did.

In this episode we discuss the importance of

• exploration to find what sets your soul on fire
• finding work to do that you can believe in and speak about with confidence and ownership
• getting used to rejection and staying motivated
• doing whatever it takes to "make it" as an artist and pioneering your art career

We also delve into the pros and cons of gallery representation and Misha shares the evolution of her unique style and the exciting opportunities that have opened up for her.

You can view Misha's incredible art on her website 

https://www.mishaharrison.com.au/ 

and go follow on Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/mishaharrisonart/

aaaaaaand here's where you can get in touch: info@mishaharrison.com.au

I must say I was going a bit slow and heavy the morning of our interview, but by the end I was completely pepped-up and ready to love on life again! This is the power of connection. I hope you feel it listening in.. Let us know! And you're blessed by this chat please share this episode with a friend or two. Our art world always needs energising!

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If you are needing support, inspiration and motivation in your own artsy exploration I have some sweet Jam for you! 

🎉 My Membership class is currently enrolling - come join us and you'll be flooded with inspiring classes aimed at enriching you with artistic skills and igniting your wildest love affair with artmaking. No more hesitation, excuses or fear of failure. I will show you how to smash it all on the head and lunge into what sets your soul ablaze.

AND your heart gets rejuvenated in the process!

Belief is everything.

One of my most viewed Instagram Reels is a painting process video which featured the question "How big would you dream if you knew you couldn't fail?" I heard some man on Youtube ask this question and upon hearing I felt immediately expanded. 

In this meaty talk I'll discuss

• how you can tell if your belief is broken
• how to start the healing process
• what difference will this make, anyway?

There's something to this...

Here's the quote I promised to report:

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience." David Bentley Hart

If you LOVE ME and you're feeling it, please remember to 

I posted a Victor Pinchuk quote on my Instagram last night that reads "Art, Freedom and Creativity will change society faster than Politics"... I often repost this one because it contains truth that is rarely heard and practised in mainstream society where the dominant System mentality suppresses and minimizes the expression of the human soul.

Already I feel as though I should have written notes, haha - but I know I had a couple of inspiration "flow-throughs" so I'm trusting there'll be something nutritious here for you!

In this episode I discuss the value of Zooming out to establish accuracy and effect in your art and also what this means for your life, understanding of who you are and what you're here for... which we absolutely suffer for lack of. 

The Zoom out can remind us of how PRECIOUS and powerful we are in this time and place, if only we knew how to see everything in relation to the biggest possible picture.

This episode encourages WHY it's so important to cultivate a habit of zooming out in our life and how this can help us perceive things in (more often than not!) a completely opposite way. 

We also talk about a powerful tool for effective zooming-out, and what difference this makes for our entire world as we know it.

If this talk was powerful for you please share the episode. Let's raise an army of light lovers-not-fighters.

Woohoo! Episode 4! 

Discussing here the rich fabric of vulnerability... what difference it makes and how practicing vulnerability for growth and breakthrough. In your art AND in your life... you know, because YOU ARE actually THE ART.

If you find this episode beneficial please share and consider leaving a review on whichever platform you're using.

Thank YOOOUUUU!!

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In this episode I'm exploring the role wholeheartedness plays in journeying from SURVIVAL mode to THRIVING.

I apologise for my sniff somewhere in there... I still struggle to listen back through to edit because I get to perfectionist and won't post the episode. I'll think it needs to be done again, but this is me practicing QUANTITY! So onwards and upwards! Sniff...

Here is the beginning... before I feel ready, regardless of tech obstacles and a husky little voice.. there's no time quite like right now to launch a poddie. 

I think you'll just have to jump in... in my episodes I'll largely be capitalizing on "a Flow" and publishing unedited, uncut vocal expression which I hope will bring you hope, inspiration and encouragement in your creative unfurling.